Introduced in December 2014

This move was deliberately made to discourage high-risk lending to investors and subsequently improve the prospects of first-time buyers and owner occupiers to secure a home.And whilst it took a while (around two years to be exact) the end result has been a market where prices stabilised mid last year and the playing field has been increasingly leveled.

It was a bold but necessary step

To firmly put the brakes on mass investor lending particularly on new apartments in the major eastern seaboard Australian cities of Sydney and Melbourne. But with those restrictions now entirely removed I would encourage those currently purchasing to ramp up their efforts. It could very well be a case of what you see available right now will be more expensive by the end of the year.

I may be wrong

But all of those buyers agents I used to see with a never-ending list of investors on their books looking to get into the market may soon return en masse. With interest rates still at an all-time low, I can see no reason why they wouldn't